A Central Bucks High School West guidance counselor has been suspended with pay pending an investigation of a social media post threatening to "shoot" protesters in Philadelphia if they prevented her child from getting to the Eagles game Sunday.

In a statement released Monday, Central Bucks School Superintendent David Weitzel said:

"I learned Sunday afternoon of a social media posting of a threatening, violent message allegedly written under the name of MaryKate Blankenburg, a school guidance counselor at Central Bucks High School West," Weitzel said. "Responding with urgency and concern, we immediately began an investigation, including verification of the source of the post, and we will take appropriate action once we learn all of the facts. I also notified the District Attorney's Office on Sunday and we are working with them as they investigate this incident. The content of the post does not in any way reflect the beliefs or values of the Central Bucks School District."

The counselor's Facebook post on Sunday stated: "If my child cannot get to the Eagles game due to protesters, I will personally SHOOT every one of them. You've been warned idiots!!"

On Sunday, a large group of protesters staged a 4½-minute "die-in" demonstration following the Eagles home game in South Philadelphia, in response to the decision not to indict police officers in shootings in Ferguson, Missouri, and Staten Island, New York.

Contacted Sunday night, Blankenburg, 37, of Upper Gwynedd, told the newspaper that "my child might have gotten hold of my iPad," and made the post while she was teaching Sunday school.

Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman said Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler has referred the matter to her office because the woman lives in Upper Gwynedd.

"The Montgomery County District Attorney's office will work with Upper Gwynedd police in investigating the posting," said Ferman.

This is the third time this school year that a member of the staff of the Central Bucks School District has been suspended while under investigation.

In September, Central Bucks South music teacher Bridgett Szychulski was suspended and then arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a student at Lenape Middle School where she previously worked.

Then in October, the football coaching staff at Central Bucks West was suspended after rookies on the team allegedly were subjected to "hazing activities" during a picnic Aug. 16. Head Coach Brian Hensel was not brought back to lead the team after the investigation was completed. Weitzel said the decision to hire a new coach was based on several issues, not just the one incident.

Blankenburg's suspension also comes the same month that former CB East teacher Natalie Munroe filed an appeal of her dismissal from the district for posting negative comments about students and staff, even though she did not use their names. Munroe is stating that her right to make her posts is based on the First Amendment protections of free speech.

Heckler said Munroe's case did not involve criminality but the Blankenburg case is different in that an investigation is needed to determine who made the comments and whether they could be considered a terroristic threat. For a threat to rise to the seriousness of a crime, it must be with the intention to terrorize another, the Bucks district attorney said, or to cause serious public inconvenience.

"The issue is: Do you believe the person," the Bucks district attorney said.